The story: me and our friends were thinking about getting together and going to test and tune night at firebird raceway in phoenix cus we dont condone street racing. so we started taking smack to each other about whos car is fastest and joking around. my friends are mostly honda fans, which is where i got my start in the car scene. but i now drive a bug eye wagon. so one of them says he wants to race my wagon.

my question: on paper, my car wins because its turbo charged, awd, more HP and torque. But the advantage my buddy i think his car has is that his car is manual and has 2 more gears then i do. I cant rev my engine up at the starting line unless i brake boost and risk damaging my tranny. Then as top end goes, he has 2 more gears and my wagon hits fourth gear and its pretty much an over drive gear.

with the stock TC and everything, I think you're on the losing end of this fight, honestly. There are some people who mod their 4eat's to handle the quarter mile - they end up with undriveable cars that wreck the quarter no problem.

Definitely go through with it, and do the brake boost - just not for more than a couple seconds and there's no risk.

I seem to remember the RSX-S's being faster than most people think. You say "mostly stock"...does he have any engine management? Seems like Hondata was able to move those cars right along.

nah no engine management. I do agree that if he did have hondata, it would make a big difference.

Originally Posted by poly_poly-man

with the stock TC and everything, I think you're on the losing end of this fight, honestly. There are some people who mod their 4eat's to handle the quarter mile - they end up with undriveable cars that wreck the quarter no problem.

Definitely go through with it, and do the brake boost - just not for more than a couple seconds and there's no risk.

about what rpm should i brake boost? never done it before thats why i ask. this is the first time ill be drag racing an automatic lol. im thinking when the tree lights go yellow, ill boost up and then release on green. its for sun, so i really dont care. but have been kinda reading up on the TC upgrade.

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